Saturday, November 23, 2019, at 3pm, Zion Union Heritage Museum will host a special performance of the piece 'BRONX JAZZ' by father and son duo, Mwalim and ZYG 808, followed by a special book and album signing of their respective upcoming releases. This event is free and open to the public.
In 2008, I was one of the few who was privileged enough to see a?oeGlory Daysa?? open (and close) on Broadway. So, when I saw that the show was in our area I made it a priority to attend. My anticipation for what I had hoped to witness did not go unfilled as Rise Above Performing Arts delivered a passionate rendition of this much maligned musical.
Check out behind the scenes pics of the Area Premiere of Glory Days at Rise Above Performing Arts which opens Friday November 1st!
Rehearsals begin today for Rise Above Performing Arts (Jacob Ruscoe, Artistic Director) upcoming production of Glory Days by Nick Blaemire (Music & Lyrics) and James Gardiner (Book Writer) which opens on Friday, November 1st and will run through November 3rd.
Casting has been announced for the upcoming workshop performance of A (Funny) Imagination!
Grammy nominated Hip-Hop Jazz Artist, The ZYG 808 will be the featured performer at the June 26th VerBaLizatIon, Boston's longest running spoken-word series and open mic. Verbalization takes place at the Fort Hill Bar & Grill, 2805 Washington St, Roxbury, MA 02119. Doors open at 6:30 pm for a 7pm show.
On Sunday afternoon, the Riverway Lobster House's main dining room was packed to capacity for the 42 Annual Joseph Daluz Unsung Hero Awards, as hosted by the Cape Cod Branch of the NAACP. Among those being honored was GroovaLottos drummer, Eddie Ray Johnson (Billie J Atkins, II) for his accomplishments and contributions to music as well as his dedicated mentoring work through Song Keepers, LTD.
Actor rehearsal, band rehearsals, re-writes, guest artist appearances to confirm, it looks a lot like theater in the lower level of the Governor Bradford Restaurant as Oversoul Theatre Collective gears up for it's summer run of 'The Soul Session' a musical theater piece written and directed by award-winning playwright and GroovaLottos keyboardist, Mwalim.
Rise Above Performing Arts has announced their upcoming season which will include works by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, and Lin-Manuel Miranda among others. Rise Above's mission is to bring exceptional talent with a focus on the education and development of the performing arts in the youth of the South Florida community. This will mark the company's fourth season since!
COTUIT - 'FUNK & SOUL' is a special concert in honor of Black History Month that is being presented by the Zion Union Heritage Museum at the Cotuit Center for the Arts in honor of Black History Month. 'FUNK & SOUL' is taking place today, February 16 at the Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Rd (Rte 28), Cotuit, MA. Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30 start.
COTUIT - 'FUNK & SOUL' is a special concert in honor of Black History Month that is being presented by the Zion Union Heritage Museum at the Cotuit Center for the Arts in honor of Black History Month. 'FUNK & SOUL' is taking place on Saturday, February 16 at the Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Rd (Rte 28), Cotuit, MA. Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30 start.
Rise Above Performing Arts will start out the new year with Andrew Lloyd Webber's first musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Book and Lyrics by Tim Rice. The show will open Thursday, January 10th with performances running until Sunday, January 13th.
An Industry reading of Kevin Ray Johnson's The Unpredictable Times will be presented Monday, January 7th at Broadway's Hudson Theatre in the Dress Circle Lounge.
Portland's dream rock / psychedelic pop band, Ezza Rose, will release their forth album, No Means No, tomorrow, Friday September 21, 2018. Impose Magazine, who is now streaming the LP in-full, says, 'Ezza Rose has done something on this LP that is rare; this is a perfect 7-song view into the soul of American identity politics, while remaining human, honest, humble and maybe even complicit at times. It deals with heavy topics, but it's a given that choruses will be stuck in your head, and guitar riffs will visit you through the day and have you humming. It's a balance in and of itself — it rocks, but it also makes you think. Rock and roll is for the neck down, but this album lives in your head too. The take away that it leaves you with is simple; nobody is perfect, but this album begs for directness and boundaries. Perfection is a myth that takes us further from a progressive future.'
Portland's dream rock / psychedelic pop band, Ezza Rose, are gearing up to release their forth album, No Means No, next Friday. The band shares their third single, 'American Man,' via PopDust, who says, 'The third single off the psychedelic pop band's upcoming album No Means No (out September 21st) strays from the group's soft folk roots. The seductive melodies give way to the raw frustration with how people do (or do not) understand when no means no.'
Tuesday night the Native American Music Association announced to top nominees for the 2018 Native American Music Awards and once again, Liberation Multimedia recording artists are on the ticket!
Casting has been announced for the upcoming workshop performance of A (Funny) Imagination! It is written and directed by Kevin Ray Johnson (The Unpredictable Times).
Kevin Ray Johnson's The Unpredictable Timeswill be apart of The Kennedy Center's 17thAnnual Page to Stage festival in association with Showcase on Main (Elkton, Maryland). The coming of age drama will be directed by Showcase on Main's Artistic Director S. Lee Lewis (who has been attached to the project since 2015).
Kevin Ray Johnson's The Unpredictable Timeswill be apart of The Kennedy Center's 17thAnnual Page to Stage festival in association with Showcase on Main (Elkton, Maryland). The coming of age drama will be directed by Showcase on Main's Artistic Director S. Lee Lewis (who has been attached to the project since 2015).
Grammy Nominated soul band, The GroovaLottos will be playing at SOB's on September 1st. Almost as impressive as their live show are the musician's foundations as backing players for the who's who of classic and contemporary soul music.
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